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Hey guys! Hoping that ya'll can give me some insight on coffee. I am 3 weeks post op today. I miss my coffee so much. I realize I will not ever be able to enjoy a large cup of coffee because it will take so long to drink it. When did you start coffee and what about Creamer? And also, dare I ask, what about Starbucks?????

Thanks guys!

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Hey guys! Hoping that ya'll can give me some insight on coffee. I am 3 weeks post op today. I miss my coffee so much. I realize I will not ever be able to enjoy a large cup of coffee because it will take so long to drink it. When did you start coffee and what about creamer? And also, dare I ask, what about Starbucks?????

Thanks guys!

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I am now 3 weeks and 2 days out (december15). I tried my first Starbucks 11 days out. It was a tall skinny vanilla latte with soy milk and an extra pump of sf Syrup. After my 2 week post op check up, I moved to the same latte with regular skim milk. I have not finished a coffee, but it goes down well and sure does hit the spot.

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I drank coffee two days after surgery, at the clinic! Then it was only a couple off sips, but now im up to one cup a day, but sometimes i splt it in two, so i can drink it hot!

I have had no trouble, and my nut says a cup a day doesnt hurt.

But then again, listen to what your clinic says...

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Coffee(for my program) is discouraged only because of it's diuretic effect. Once I was around 6 weeks out, I could have coffee because I was able to get in my 64+ ounces of clear fluids and hydration was not so challenging. I don't drink Starbucks because we have a little locally-owned coffee house here that I frequent because I like to support our small businesses.

And, just to let you know, the whole sipping, and taking tiny drinks is not forever. I drink like a normal person now without issue, and have been for about a year.

I also drink about 20-30 ounces of coffee on any given with full fat creamer. I do not(have never) used fat free or sugar free Creamers. I do keep my coffee in an insulated coffee mug, but that's because I drink so much at one time, and if I use a regular cup, I'm hitting the microwave when it cools off.

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Hey guys! Hoping that ya'll can give me some insight on coffee. I am 3 weeks post op today. I miss my coffee so much. I realize I will not ever be able to enjoy a large cup of coffee because it will take so long to drink it. When did you start coffee and what about creamer? And also, dare I ask, what about Starbucks?????

Thanks guys!

i totally love the "I realize I will not ever be able to enjoy a large cup of coffee" part. . .OF COURSE YOU WILL. . . only size small will seem Large! :lol: I started drinking coffee (decaf at about 4 weeks out with creamer and enjoyed Starbucks at 3 months out and totally drinking whatever coffee i wanted after that. . . doctor didn't say either way if it was bad or good. His concern was weight loss. . . at one year out I'm livin life to the fullest, still loosing, slowly, but loosing! and lovin my cup of java EVERY DAY

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I started drinking coffee about 3 months post-op. I drink probably 4-5 cups of coffee a day at work, and 1-2 when I'm at home. I use creamer, but I have switched to the sugar free kind to keep my carbs down.

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coffee is discouraged on my program, as well, because it is so highly acidic. My NUT told me that if I must drink coffee, drink Decaf (less acid), and cut it with half milk.

It also doesn't taste the same to me... tastes bitter and nasty. I started getting Lattes but don't usually even finish them. Just a couple of sips will do ya.

Cinderella

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I'm drinking about 3 - 4 cups of coffee a day -- now, I was only drinking tea for the first month or so because I had problems with acid. But now that that seems to have gone by the way side, I'm enjoying my cup o' joe every day :)

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I get an entire cup of milk and heat it up. I add a little bit of de-caf and splenda. That way, I get Protein from the milk. I am allowed coffee, just only de-caf. I just keep it in one of the coffee mugs that keeps it hot and it does take quite awhile for me to finish it.

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I haven't had coffee in almost a year and you guys are making me want a cup. lol

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Love my Keurig!!! :D And you may not have to always "sip, sip, sip"... I'm 4 weeks post op and as long as I'm 45 minutes past a meal, I can drink like I use to. True that!! I know not everyone is like that, but there is hope!!

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I have one medium sized cup of Tim Horton's coffee every morning and I drink it as fast as I ever did. No difference at all! Oh and I'm 8 weeks out.

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